Pretender to the Flame

A volcano sits at the edge of eruption and ash coats the forest as a parasite puppets the fledgling volcano god that could control it all. Venture into the depths of the Reisen forest during this perilous time. Locate missing people, help evacuation efforts, solve a spreading disease, or maybe prevent a volcanic eruption and the political machinations behind it.

What is Pretender to the Flame?

Pretender to the Flame is an adventure kit written with Worlds Without Number* (WWN) RPG in mind, though it is easily converted to other OSR systems. This kit allows you to quickly design your own adventure to fit any level or size of adventuring party. Match the adventure to your play group’s preferred style and easily use only the bits you like. The kit is a 24 5x8 page booklet with all the locations, antagonists, and situations you need to run a short campaign in this ash covered forest. Slot this kit into an existing sandbox, make it a contained campaign, or just take pieces the choice is yours. Pretender to the Flame is being self-published by me, Lindsey Bonnette. This is the second adventure kit for WWN I have written.

* This is a fan work. This project is not associated in any way with Worlds Without Number, Kevin Crawford, or Sine Nomine Publishing. Worlds Without Number © Sine Nomine Publishing. Rule references used with permission.

Pretender to the Flame Features:

• The new adventure region of the Reisen forest, a dense expansive forest blanketing a mountain river basin
• 5 Faction and Forces each working towards their own goals
• 5 Exploration Locations to delve into
• Each Exploration Location has specific destinations to discover and investigate such as: temples, ruins, and cities
• Encounter tables for each Exploration Location
• Unique NPC stat blocks for each faction
• Non-linear format allows easy adjustment to different play styles and on the fly improvisation
• Region map for use with hex based travel and exploration

Pretender to the Flame Links

Download for free on Itch or DriveThru

Check out the project page on my website

Social Media Links

You can find me as @LindseyBonnette on Mastodon

You can find my library of work on Itch or DriveThruRPG

My personal website is Lindsey Bonnette RPG Publishing

Art Assets

High-Res assets and logos can be found here

My Notes

This whole adventure started as an idea for a weird silkworm vampire creature. These creatures eventually settled in as the Sanguis Mori and I used inner strife from their society to feed into the region wide problems for the adventure. Really, one man’s—well sanguis mori’s—problem has led to an entire region of displaced evacuees, countless abductions, and the resurgence of a declining religious sect. I hope that game masters can pick up this booklet and get inspired to build an adventure using it as a resource. Because I’m doing this as a hobby, and I’m a single person, I do all the art, writing, layout, and editing myself for better or worse. I just hope others find it useful in some way, even if they just steal some stat blocks or take a map.

Follow Up

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